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Khalifman, Alexander

World Champion

modern era

Alexander Khalifman won the 1999 FIDE World Championship as an unseeded player, defeating a strong field in Las Vegas to become one of the most unexpected world champions in chess history. A highly respected chess trainer and author, he produced a comprehensive multi-volume opening series that became standard reference material for professionals.

Total Games

2342

Wins

691

Draws

1405

Losses

246

29.5% wins60.0% draws10.5% losses

Most Played Openings

E15 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation52E12 - Queen's Indian Defense51E11 - Bogo-Indian Defense50D85 - Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation44D15 - Slav Defense: Geller Gambit35D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack33C42 - Petrov's Defense32D43 - Semi-Slav Defense30B66 - Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Early Deviations27E05 - Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line25

Most Faced Opponents

Ivanchuk, Vassily20 gamesLeko,P20 gamesDreev, Alexey19 gamesAnand,V19 gamesYudasin, Leonid18 gamesEpishin, Vladimir17 gamesBareev, Evgeny16 gamesEhlvest, Jaan14 gamesSalov, Valery13 gamesAkopian, Vladimir13 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
1-0

Khalifman,A vs Lutz,C

FIDE WCh KO

2000

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FCGFCG
1-0

Lautier,J vs Khalifman,A

FIDE WCh KO

2001

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FCGFCG
0-1

Ganguly,S vs Khalifman,A

FIDE WCh KO

2001

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FCGFCG
1-0

Khalifman,A vs Shulman,Y

WCC

2005

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FCGFCG
0-1

Svidler, Peter vs Khalifman, Alexander

Tilburg rapid20

1994

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FCGFCG
1-0

Khalifman, Alexander vs Romanishin, Oleg M

WchT 4th

1997

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FCGFCG
1-0

Shirov,A vs Khalifman,A

Tal Memorial Rapid 2019

2019

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FCGFCG
0-1

Shulman,Y vs Khalifman,A

WCC

2005

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FCGFCG
0-1

Inarkiev,E vs Khalifman,A

WCC

2005

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FCGFCG
1-0

Shulman,Y vs Khalifman,A

WCC

2005

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Games (2342)

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Miralles, Gilles vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
EU-ch U20 1985 E12
Khalifman, Alexander vs Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
1/2-1/2
URS-chI 1985 D85
Kaidanov, Grigory S vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Moscow-B 1985 E45
Khalifman, Alexander vs Lev, Ronen
1/2-1/2
EU-ch U20 1985 C91
Khalifman, Alexander vs Rozentalis, Eduardas
1/2-1/2
URS-ch U26 1985 C42
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
Moscow-B 1985 B64
Gorelov, Sergey G vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS-chI 1985 E05
Khalifman, Alexander vs Arkhipov, Sergey
0-1
Moscow-B 1985 C42
Khalifman, Alexander vs Szekely, Peter
1/2-1/2
Moscow-B 1985 B93
Khalifman, Alexander vs Piket, Jeroen
1-0
EU-ch U20 1985 B58
Gulko, Boris F vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS-chI 1985 E14
Khalifman, Alexander vs Azmaiparashvili, Zurab
1-0
URS-chI 1985 B08
Khalifman, Alexander vs Glek, Igor V
1/2-1/2
URS-ch U26 1985 C69
Khalifman, Alexander vs Malaniuk, Vladimir P
0-1
URS-chI 1985 C78
Winsnes, Rikard vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
EU-ch U20 1985 B63
Khalifman, Alexander vs Kholmov, Ratmir D
1/2-1/2
URS-chI 1985 C07
Dorfman, Josif D vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Moscow-B 1985 A48
Smagin, Sergey vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS-chI 1985 C48
Khalifman, Alexander vs Kengis, Edvins
1-0
URS-chI 1985 B93
Grivas, Efstratios vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
EU-ch U20 1985 E15
Khalifman, Alexander vs Piket, Marcel
1-0
EU-ch U20 1985 B08
Burgess, Mark R vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
EU-ch U20 1985 A05
Khalifman, Alexander vs Watson, William N
1-0
Moscow-B 1985 A48
Eingorn, Vereslav S vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Moscow-B 1985 D94
Khalifman, Alexander vs Shneider, Aleksandr
1/2-1/2
URS-ch U26 1985 B93
Khalifman, Alexander vs Spassov, Liuben
1/2-1/2
Moscow-B 1985 E05
Arlandi, Ennio vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
EU-ch U20 1985 E81
Khalifman, Alexander vs Howell, James C
1/2-1/2
EU-ch U20 1985 A48
Aseev, Konstantin N vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
URS-ch U26 1985 E62
Khalifman, Alexander vs Panchenko, Alexander N
0-1
URS-chI 1985 E21
Rashkovsky, Nukhim N vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS-chI 1985 E20
Khalifman, Alexander vs Zysk, Robert
1-0
EU-ch U20 1985 C43
Kekki, Petri vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
EU-ch U20 1985 E76
Dreev, Alexey vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Moscow-B 1985 D03
Kaidanov, Grigory S vs Khalifman, Alexander
0-1
URS-ch U26 1985 E06
Khalifman, Alexander vs Belov, Igor
1/2-1/2
Moscow-B 1985 C42
Dautov, Rustem vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS Cup 1984 E32
Goldin, Alexander vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS Cup 1984 D01
Khalifman, Alexander vs Ratkovic, Milorad
1-0
URS Cup 1984 C07
Ruban, Vadim vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
URS Cup 1984 E92
Khalifman, Alexander vs Oll, Lembit
1/2-1/2
URS Cup 1984 E01
Jailjan, M. vs Khalifman, Alexander
1-0
URS Cup 1984 E88
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